I had the opportunity to enjoy a movie of a much loved HBO TV series that ended a couple of years ago - "Sex & The City." Together with 10 other lady colleagues, I went to the theater in the city across from our office building. We began with appetizers at Chevy's, a sip of a Cosmopolitan (Carrie Bradshaw's signature drink), and enjoyed a 2 1/2 hour movie.
It was interesting to see (spoiler alert) how the lives of our heroines improved and digressed. Some people love it while others not so. Me - I think it was very real on many different levels. Having lived my colorful life as a single woman and as a former wife - I liked it.
What I found most interesting is that when we went around the table before the movie asking who do you think you are out of the four characters, nobody wanted to be Miranda.
Why would they? Carrie is fashionable, clever, and has a great job as a writer. Charlotte is the romantic one with a flair for being a proper lady. Samantha is the mature vixen who is strong, confident, and loves herself. And then there is Miranda - a cynical independent lawyer who is not the sexiest nor the most elegant nor the most fashionable. But I realized something. She is me.
After seeing this movie a second time with Tina, I realized that so many of her finer points are overlooked. She is independent and can rely on herself. She was a single mom with a little boy. She commutes to her job. She's witty and can tell great jokes about her own humorous life. She's a good friend who sometimes screws up. She sometimes feels alone in the world. Again she is me. And that's not a bad thing to be!
Update of Karen's World:
Good News! Kitchen cabinets came in hooray.
Bad News! They were too small. They hung 30" down from the ceiling and made me feel like I come from the land of Lilliput.
Good News! I have a new cube at work which has a chair for a guest and great counter space. It's very isolated.
Bad News! It's very isolated. It's like purgatory. Can't complain but can't jump in to song & dance as we sometimes did in my other corner.
Good News! Summer is here. It's in the 90s.
Bad News! It's in the 90s.
Good News! I had my fill and did not have a bad reaction.
Bad News! I had my fill and had a minimum good reaction. So I will schedule my 2nd fill for 6/27 instead of 7/11.
Good News! I walked 5 out of 7 days 30 minutes a day.
Bad News! It's not enough...I start kickboxing on Wednesday.
And so there ends today's blog.
~Karen
1 comment:
I actually always found myself aligning more with Miranda than the others...although a definite plus for Carrie is "Big" who both broke my heart and made my heart sing with joy in how he really loved her. John J. Preston will live in my heart forever.
Of all of them, Miranda is the one who is more real than the others... I think every woman can associate more with her whether they want to or not.
Just keep writing though! It makes me feel that I am not over 1000 miles away.
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